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Held on the third Friday of the month from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., participating adults will read the book; watch the film and discuss them.
• Sept. 21 – “Thank You For Your Service” (2017) is based on the 2013 book by David Finkel. A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield. Running time: 108 minutes.
• Oct. 19 – “Shutter Island” (2010) is based on the 2003 book by Dennis Lehane. In 1954, a U.S. Marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderer, who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane. Running time: 138 minutes.
• Nov. 16 – “Atonement” (2007) is based on the 2001 book by Ian McEwan. Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit. Running time: 123 minutes.
Copies of each selection will be available for check out. Note that all of the films in this series are rated R. No one under 17 will be admitted without a parent or guardian.